blue jay

noun

: a crested bright blue North American jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

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Homeowner spots first blue jay and green jay hybrid in Texas. Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025 The bird may be among the first examples of climate change contributing to the formation of hybrid animals, the researchers say, as the habitat ranges of blue jays and green jays did not overlap until a few decades ago. Mike Snider, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025 Warming temperatures have prompted a rare hybridization of a blue jay and green jay, according to researchers at the University of Texas who studied the striking bird's genealogy. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2025 Anna Kaye’s charcoal drawing of a blue jay coming back to a forest that has been ravaged by wildfires is delicate and hopeful. Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for blue jay

Word History

First Known Use

1709, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blue jay was in 1709

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“Blue jay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20jay. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

blue jay

noun
: a bright blue North American jay having a small bunch of feathers pointing upward and backward from the top of the head
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